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The College News
VOL. xvi; NO. 2
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE), PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16,1929
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Miss Speer Pleads.
For Sunday Chapel
Lantern Night Proves �
True to Tradition
Constance Speer, '30, led the vesper
service of the Bryn Mawr League
which was held in the music room of
Goodhart Hall on Sunday evening, Oc-
tober 13.
Miss Speer, after reading an introduc-
tory passage from Joseph Glanville's
The Way of Happiness, went on to ex-
plain to the college the point of view
which the League has concerning the
Sunday evening services.
"Until last year, the Sunday evening
services used to be arranged very differ-
ently. There was an outside speaker
every Sunday evening, and the service
was much the same as a regular church
service. They always used to be held
in trie c4�pel in Taylor�a place used
also for the entrance examinations. But
it was hard tP get a minister for every
Sunday and even when there was a good
man, it was only on an exceptional eve-
ning that he found more than thirty in
his congregation. More often he found
himself confronted by a few faithful
souls, a bored choir, and manv marble,
and totally pagan, statues.
So last year the system was changed.
The Christian Association became the
Bryn Mawr League, ft was decided that
people might be more .interested in
chapel it we did not try to cram religion
�good, bad, or indifferent�down their
throats every week. So we started hav-
ing musical services, with organ music, On Thursday afternoon, October 10,
anthems by the choir, and a few minutes the "Varsity Players" served tea in the
Another year has brought another
Lantern Night and taken it away, leav-
ing the memory of a mopn-coludcd
evening, the shadow-filled cloisters,
and black-robed figures spangled with
sparkling.lights, to compensate for its
loss. The harmonious strains of Pallas
Athena Thea and Sophias Philai Paro-
men have drifted away, but the manner
in which they were sung will not be
forgotten so quickly by those who
heard the beautiful hymns on Friday
night. The old Bryn Mawr custom
has lost none of its. solemnity and in-
spiring beauty�qualities to which the
classes of '32 and '33 were keenly alive
and which they strove to honor with
their voices. The Sophomore class en-
tered the cloisters singing, and carry-
ing the red lantern of '33, and though
difficulty in the first transition from
verse to chorus somewhat marred the
effects of the entrance, the Sophomores
soon righted the mistake and gradually
regained confidence. The final stanza,
sung from the corner of the cloisters,
made up in the feeling and beauty of its
expression, for the unfortunate begin-
ning. The Freshman ceremony was
splendid in every way with no rough
places evident in their choruses. The
real merit of their performance is more
remarkable when one considers that
they had less than a week of actual
practice. The Upperclassmen, grouped
under Pem Arch, joined their voices
in the Sophias Philai, as the Freshmen
marched from the Library to fill their
newly-acquired place between Juniors
and Seniors. And Lantern Night ended
with the singing of class and banner
songs�perhaps rendered with little
art, but certainly rich in feeling.
Art Club Meets Again
The first meeting of the Art
Club of the season of 1920-30
will be held in Room R in Tay-
lor Hall next Saturday morning,
October 19, at 9J0 A! M. Work
'for the year will be held under
the supervision of the visiting in-
structor, Mr. Henry McCarter.
of the Philadelphia Academy of
the Fine Arts. They urge that
all those who are interested in
their plans for this year be Sure
to come to their first class.
Miss Park Cites
Chapel Interests
Tells of Many Attractions of
Morning Chapel in the
Old Days.
SERVICES WERE QUAKER
Varsity Players Outline
Plans For This Year
for prayer. In addition to the musical
services we still have five or six with
outside speakers, and 'for those we try
to get tke very best ministers that we
can. On the Sundays when there is
neither an outside speaker nor a musical
service, we have vesper services, "which
are led either by a member of the faculty
or a student.
'T hope you see the connection," Miss
Speer went on to say, 'betweenJhe pas-
sage I read from Tlte 11 'ay of Happiness
and the question of Chapel^ It is so
easyToput 'wo'rlftty*imWest ancfengag
ment' first and forget chapel. I know
it is not compulsory, and it would be un-
thinkable to* have it so here. But I
am not pleading with you to come every
Sunday; nobody wants to force chapel
on anybody. It is discouraging, though,
for the choir to practice and for Mr.
Willoughby to arrange an interesting
program, and then for only twenty or
thirty people to turn out. And it seems
rather impolite to ask a well-known min-
ister to come to speak to such a small
audience. Few really good ministers like
to desert their own large congregations
for a mere handful.
Where There's a WiU
"Here at college one must go to classes
and for two years one must be athletic;
but one's spirit is neglected, or rather,
its cultivation is left to the individual.
There are, of course, some people who
feel that their spirits are all right in
the state of nature. Chapel is not for
those. But I know that there are some
people who do feel a need of something,
and it is for those that we have chapel.
"It is hard for one person to know
what everyone thinks of chapel, and I
do wish that if anyone has any sugges-
tion to make, she would make some of
them to me, in order that we may change
chapel, if necessary, so that it will be
something which more people want,
rather than just one more thing to do.
Don't just grumble that yon don't like
chapel. If it means anything at all to
you, stand behind it and come when you
can, especially when there is an outside
speaker or a musical service." ^
Commons Room, and defined themselves
and their activities for all those who are
interested in their plans for the current
year. Ethel Dyer, '31, as Chairman of
the Committee, spoke in its name.
The- name "Varsity Players" actually
gives a mistaken impression; there is
no closed organization of people inter-
ested in the dramatig activities^ of the
college. ~The plan, at present, is to re-
vert to the old name of "Varsity Dra-
matt"'." this- wlU-isver-the-production
, of .the two big plays of the year. No
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these, but their production is in the
hands., of the
mittee.
Varsity Dramatics Corn-
Miss Dyer then suggested the
revival of "The Players." This organi-
zation died a natural death in the spring
of 1927, for May Day, on the following
year, seems to have prevented any kind
of spontaneous dramatic work. This is
the nearest approach to an experimental
workshop that has ever been introduced
to the college. The present ^lan is to
allow the name of "Players" to stand,
with no definite organization behind it.
Any one in college who feels the urge
to act, to direct, to paint scenery, to
produce her own play, to design costumes
or stage-sets, to stage manage, or to
learn about lighting, need only tell it to
the "Varsity Dramatics Committee."
They will not interfere with the plans
any more than their interference is
wanted. They only feel that they should
be told of people's ideas so that dates
will not conflict, and so that those who
are interested in different ends of a pro-
duction may be brought together.
It seems best to give these plays in
Goodhart, if only for the sake of the
stage experience, and of -the rather pro-
fessional lighting plant. Ambitious pro-
ducers will have to be satisfied with the
simplest kinds of sets and costuming,
and they are asked, at first, to limit
themselves to/one-act plays. It is de-
sired that thW plays may all be re-
hearsed and .produced within the space
of one week. There will be a very
nominal charge to members of the audi-
ences, because of the royalty, and other
Sentimentality Takes
Hold on the Masses
At Thursday chapel, Dr. Fenwick
spoke upon the significance of the Mac-
Donald-Hoover conference. Dr. Fen-
wick was introduced by President
Park, who added that Miss MacDon-
ald,*remembering her several visits to
Bryn Mawr, had asked the President
of the College to attend the luncheon
given for her in Philadelphia; Miss
Park also said that an invitation to
visit Bryn Mawr had been extended to
Miss MacDonald, but she was unable
to accept due to her many engage-
ments. %
VI have always believed that the
American people are subject to senti-
mentality," Dr. Fenwick began. In
spite of the building of skyscrapers, we
react to the primitive appeal. This is
being borne out in the faV that a
crisis in world history is to be settled
not by wary diplomats, but in the wild-
erness of Virginia by two statesmen
balanced on logs and smoking pipes.
This ha"s appealed to the people, and
if disarmament gets across in the back-
This morning I am going to spend in country itis the pic,ure of these �*"te�-
. � . . , ,..,." ... ,men that will have made it possible,
talking about chapel itself, began Miss J n. ..��. � .
* � � j en years ago an effort was made
Park on Tuesday. It is no longer a
daily religious service held in a room
especially designated ior the purpose in
Taylor Hall. Here there used to be an
assembly room seating from two to three
hundred people. Originally a very brief
service conducted along Quaker lines
was held every morning at nine o'clock.
There was no music, and usually every-
one sat for fifteen minutes watching the
lights and shadows of the.windows; very
occasionally someone spoke briefly. It
,was a Quaker meeting in miniature,
which made a real break in the day.
This kind of service easily gave place
to a more regularized form under Presi-
dent Thomas. Then the students began
to sing, first with the aid of a small and
squeaky organ and later with a piano.
Last year 'a further change was made
when we moved Chapel to Goodhart and
changed the hour for the services. This
year, at the suggestion of the Student
Council, Tuesdays and Thursdays were
created Chapel days instead of the other
three days of the week when students
have heavier schedules.
It is strikingly significant that Chapel
has always been a voluntary service at
Mryn Mawr. However, T "ain frankly
asking that all the students should have
it in their mind to attend this service.
to produce disarmament. Diplomats
decided to work out some system of
co-operative" dcfenseT It was a mag-
nificent idea that it almost took the
World War to produce. It was writ-
ten in the covenant of the League of
Nations, but it could not take shape, for
the United States saw. in* the scheme
nothing but a military ^alliance; the
United States turned its back upon the
very idea that its own statesmen had
put before the world, and the plan for
collective disarmament fell flat.
In 1921 we called the Washington
Conference to discuss a means for the
limitation of armaments. The Confer-
ence labored for three months and rep-
resents the great work of Mr. Hughes.
"I remember saying, 'The mountain*
arc in labor, all you get born is a poof
little mouse'." A ratio was estab-
lished in regard to dreadnoughts, pro-
portioning the number to be possessed
by a given country according to its size.
Otherwise the Conference came to no
agreement. It was a fraud and a_
sham, but as realists we say that it was
a first step.
Then things went on as before;, the
League again and again made efforts to
produce disarmament, but was blocked
by the stand of the United States.
Finally, Mr. Coolidge called a confer-
ence in Geneva that did not even pro-
duce a 'ridiculous mils'; how could any-
I believe it will be very pro&e fromltn,n8J>e accomplished when'admirals
had.hccjj scut .to. reps**'";' the.Unite�*
all it gives the students a chance to
hear informally those speakers who have
not the time Tor formal talks; secondly,
they can hear certain professors speak on
subjects which they have very much at
heart; thirdly, it gives the students them-
selves an opportunity to speak on general
subjects, on conventions they have at-
tended, or on college problems.
I think there is something else in
Chapel besides just this interest, Miss
Park concluded. It is after all a* stand-
ing still and turning aside frorn^thc busi-
ness of the day. It is connected with
obligations you will find outside of col-
lege. In' national and international af-
fairs the tide turns to joint action. Our
joint action is symbolized by this gath-
ering together. If we sow the seeds for
such joint action here, we have gone
some little distance toward accomplishing
it.
small expenses which are impossible to
avoid.
Mary Drake, '31, is having charge of
the first of these plays; she will produce
Synge's Riders to the Sea on Thursday
evening, October 17. Miss Drake acted
in the play last summer at Stockbridge,
so she is well prepared, and knows how
it should be done. After Miss Dyer
had finished outjining the plans for the
coming year, Vffes Drake gave an inter-
pretive reading of the play, which is con-
sidered one of the greatest works of
modern English literature, and then she
held informal tjyouts for the leadin,
parts.
States? You cannot expect admirals
to advocate disarmament.
After the failure of the conference
in 1927, nothing was done. Now,
seated on logs,'Mr! Hoover and Mr.
MacDonald are discussing parity. The
United States wants a small number
of. 10,000-ton cruisers. There is no
parity in this, even though the total
tonnage is the same. France wants
all submarines; Japan wants no sub-
marines.
Mr. MacDonald comes and says
'parity.' The Kellogg Pact says that
we tend to grow good, but th'c legal
value of the Kellogg Pact is nil. Yet
there is a sentimental back woods
feeling that we have renounced war.
Now at least there will be no more
talk of ten-inch guns. In other words,
the ground has been laid for an-agree-
ment still to be reached, "just because
the heart of America has been
touched."
More Music
On February 12 the orcfiestra of the
Curtis Institute of-Music will play at
Bryn Mawr, under the leadership of
Emil Mlynarski. All subscribers to the
Series are invited to this concert, which
was made possible through the kind do-
nation made to Bryn Mawr by Mrs.
Mary Louise Curtis Bok.
Tickets for the Series are now on sale
at the Publication Office in Taylor Hall.
and since the- seats are reserved, it is
more than advisable to get your season
^tickets now.
Famous Artists to
Appear at College
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Brilliant Program of Events Is
Planned For Coming
. Bryn Mawr Series.
STUDENT AID IS URGED
Among the most interesting announce-
ments of the year js that just made about
the Bryn Mawr Series. This will be the
second winter of these entertainments,
and, in accordance with the plan inaugu-
rated last season, the Series will include
representations of the Arts of Music,
Drama, and Ballet. The* Series is one*
of the biggest undertaking* of Bryn
Mawr College, and it is especially in-
cumbent upon the students to support it
The first event will take place on Fri-
day evening, October 25. It is to be the
"Gavrilov Ballet Modcrne." The full
Russian'Ballet will be here with its lead-
ing dancers and^Corps de Ballet, and
orchestra, with the original scenery and
costumes. Alexandre Gavrilov, who
heads the performance, is a native of
Moscow, and received his training in the
Imperial Ballet Schools of Moscow and
Pctrograd. While appearing at the
Marinsky Imperial Theatre in Petrograd
he accepted an invitation to join Serge
de Diaghileff's famous company and re-
mained in that organization from 1914
until 1920. On the American tours of
the company he alternated with Nijinsky
in the leading roles of Petroushxa,
Scheherezadc, Spectre de la Rose,
Sylphides, and other of Diaghileff's fin-
est productions. After withdrawing
from the company, Mr. Gavrilov toured
Europe as the head of his own organiza-
tion until 1923, when he returned to
America, where he is now permanently
resident Since his- remarkable success
last season in Philadelphia, he has been
engaged as Ballet Master of the Phila-
delphia Civic Opera Company with Vera
�Strelska as Prima Ballerina. He will
appear, together with Vera Strelska and
other leading solo dancers and the full
Corps de Ballet r>f twenty-four members,
in -itne Of his most colorful and highly
imaginative creations, including the
famous P.olovetzki Dances - from Boro-
din's "Prince Igor," and Ballets by Rim--
sky-Korsakow, � Tschaikowsky. Dvorak,
Granados. and others.
Owing to the great expense of bring-
ing this Ballet to the college, a special
matinee performance is. to lie given on
Saturday afternoon. OctSber 26. Sub-
scribers to the regular Series do not
receive tickets to this afternoon Ballet;
tickets are to lie sold separatejv at two
riars" ana Two d'illar's'and" fifty ""'Jen'ts
each.
1. Pancake Day in Russia; -
Rimsky-Korsakow
The Russian Lenten Festival.
2. "Seven Kids, a Cat, and a Witch,"
I^ebussy
A Russian Fairy Talc.
3. Divertissement: "Bas Relief,"
Paul Dukes
4. Tartar Dances from "Prince Igor,"
, Borodin
5. Divertissement (including solo, and
ensemble dances by Chopin, Tschai-
kowsky, Prokofieff, and several
others).
The second event on the series will
probably be a matinee performance, on
Tuesday, December 17th, by the New
York Theatre Guild; if these plans go
through, the Guild will present Shaw's
Continued o� Pace Tour
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Coming Attractions
Riderj to the Sea, a one-act play by
John Synge, will be presented under the
auspices of the Varsity Players in Good-
hart Hall on Thursday evening, October
17, at eight o'clock. There will be an
admission charge of twenty-five cents.
The cast is as follows:
Cathleea M. Coss, '32
Maurya C. Rieser, '31
Nora N E. Young. '32
Bartley L. Swift, '32
Keening Women: E. Paxson, '32; F.
Meyer. '32; E. Mongan. '31; M. Mar-
tin, '30.
Men: H. Wickes.'30; L. Thurston, '31.